Things to Do in Kanto, Japan
Tokyo and its surroundings, from neon districts to the temples of Nikko and the coast of Kamakura.
216 destinations across 7 prefectures
Festivals in Kanto
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Tsuchiura Fireworks
7 November 2026
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Koedo Kawagoe Fireworks
21 November 2026
Saitama · Fireworks festival
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Chichibu Yomatsuri
2 to 3 December 2026
Saitama · Float procession
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Comiket
29 to 31 December 2026
Tokyo · Festival
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Sanja Matsuri
14 to 16 May 2027
Tokyo · Float procession
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Sumida River Fireworks
31 July 2027
Tokyo · Fireworks festival
Joso Kinugawa Fireworks
Expected September 2027
Ibaraki · Fireworks festival
Kounosu Fireworks
Expected October 2027
Saitama · Fireworks festival
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Places to Visit in Kanto
Toranomon Hills
Four Towers, a Deck Over Sakurada-dori and a Hibiya Line Station of Its Own
Mori Building's four-tower district in Toranomon, built between 2014 and 2023 and tied together b...
Hakone Shrine
The Red Torii Standing in Lake Ashi, and the Queue to Photograph It
A shrine in the cedar forest on the shore of Lake Ashi, moved to this site in 757, with the red P...
Miyake-jima
Walk Past a School Buried by Lava on a Still-Active Volcano Island
A round volcanic island about 180 km off Honshu whose 2000 eruption and the gas that followed emp...
Hibiya Park
Japan's First Western-Style Park, Between the Ministries and Ginza
Sixteen hectares of lawns, ponds and flowerbeds across the moat from the Imperial Palace, opened ...
Kawasaki Daishi
The Bad-Luck Temple Where Candy Makers Chop to a Drumbeat
Heiken-ji, founded in 1128 and known as Kawasaki Daishi, is a head temple of Chisan Shingon Buddh...
Aogashima
A Village Inside a Double Caldera, Three Hours of Open Sea Past Hachijojima
The southernmost inhabited island of the Izu chain, a volcano with a second cone sitting inside i...
Hie Shrine
Escalators Up One Side, a Red Torii Tunnel Up the Other
A hilltop shrine in Nagatacho that guarded Edo Castle for the Tokugawa. Free to enter, open 6:00 ...
Jinata Onsen
A Free Hot Spring in the Sea Rocks of Shikinejima, Timed by the Tide
Rock pools at the foot of a narrow cleft on Shikinejima's south coast, where iron-rich spring wat...
Kan'ei-ji
The Shogun Temple That Lost Most of Its Land to Ueno Park
Founded in 1625 by the monk Tenkai as the 'Hiei of the east', Kan'ei-ji was the Tokugawa family t...
Shichirigahama
Surf, Enoshima and Mt. Fuji From the Enoden, With a Famous Crossing
A 2.9-kilometer surf beach between Inamuragasaki and Koshigoe, with Enoshima and, on clear days, ...
Tama Zoological Park
Tokyo's Hillside Zoo Without Cages, Four Times the Size of Ueno
A zoo spread over more than 50 hectares of the Tama Hills, opened in 1958 as Japan's first zoo de...
Tsukiji Hongan-ji
An Indian-Style Temple with a Pipe Organ and an 18-Dish Breakfast
A Jodo Shinshu temple whose 1934 main hall, designed by Ito Chuta, looks like ancient Indian Budd...
Ueno Zoo
Japan's First Zoo, Split Between a Hill and a Lotus Pond
Japan's oldest zoo, opened in 1882 inside Ueno Park, with about 3,000 animals of some 300 species...
Edo-Tokyo Museum
A Life-Size Nihonbashi Bridge Inside a Museum on Four Legs, Reopened in 2026
Tokyo's history museum next to the Ryogoku sumo hall, back open since March 31, 2026 after a reno...
Rainbow Bridge
Walking 1.7 km Across Tokyo Bay on the Rainbow Bridge Promenade
A free 1.7 km walkway on the lower deck of the 1993 suspension bridge between Shibaura and Odaiba...